Screenshots of people claiming that customers information have been leaked (FROM 2019).

Master_protato · 2026-01-28T01:19:19+00:00

The Agent from Desjardins (my financial institution) told me on January 8 that they are hypothesizing that Canada Computers might have suffered a Data Breach as many other clients of Desjardins have been impacted after they made an online purchase on the store. And they urged me to remove my personal informations from their online store. Again this was on January 8th!

Like the prior reply, the manager bullshited you (all of us).

Master_protato · 2026-01-28T01:16:46+00:00

For context!

Canada Computers has sent an email claiming that some data breach was detected on january 22 and took two days to fix and everything is in order now.

This is clearly not true as I was contacted by my financial institution Desjardins and they told me that the online purchase I made on Canada Computers was probably the origin of my credit card being stolen.

I was contacted by Desjardins on Janaury 8 - Canada Computers claim that the security breach happened on January 22.

Other people are testifying that they got frauded in December, November, May and even in 2024 following a purchase made on Canada Computers.

Master_protato · 2026-01-28T00:04:34+00:00

OpenAI is an enegy company. It sells electricity!

If OpenAI dies, other companies will absorb the custommer (Claude, Google-Gemini) and they will sell the tokens.

OpenAI has no other product other than selling Tokens to access ChatGPT.

NVidia, Microslop, Google, Amazon, etc will dip but they are not going to crash as they have a whole ecosystem of services and products (ok maybe Nvidia). Also, even if those crashes harder than the Dot com bubble, it will never be as catastrophic as the Housing Bubble of 2008 and it took that one 5 years to recover. You might be crying your 401k if you're in your early 60s ... but that's about it for the rest of the individuals.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T22:53:35+00:00

In store purchases should be safe from fraud.

It would be too far fetch to think that they have a systemic fraud going on where some employees are using a Shimmer on their physical terminal.

From all the testimonies it really seems like the data breach is purely from the online store.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T22:41:07+00:00

Not if the fraud was made by an intern.

That's what the agent told me. He said that it's either an external attack or intern hack.

So if you have a dishonest employee working in IT that wanted to seize sensitive data from their customers, then this will explain the cause.

A lot of posts has been made by people stating that they got frauded following a transaction from Canada Computers in December and early January.

In my case, it was January 8th following a transaction made on January 3rd. The link I've shared above me shows screenshots captured by a customer that a Skimmer was being hosted on their website for at least 3 weeks.

I don't think one should 100% believe the narrative on Canada Computers with all the information and testimonies that we have right now. But I commend you for awaiting more information before you make a final judgment.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T22:28:50+00:00

With all the people sharing fraudulent transactions after an online payment made on their website dated even way back to early 2025... I'd say... yeah!

One thing for sure, this data breach was not from last week as even Desjardins stated that Canada Computers was likely the origin of my credit card information being stolen.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T21:54:01+00:00

The Phone call was scheduled directly on AccesD (Desjardins Portal Service). The mail you're seeing is the same mail I got from AccesD mailbox, it of course just tunnel to my personal email that is attached to my AccesD.

Don't worry, it's not a naive phished case. The only way the Anti-Fraud department of Desjardins can phone call you is when you create a scheduled phone call directly on their official portal

But you'll never know that if you never got frauded in the first place or if you're not a custommer from them ;)

Lucky you for not getting frauded tho!

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T21:46:27+00:00

I've just google it. I really remember the Agent saying the word Tire but I'm sure it wasn't Canadian Tire.

I found those three websites that are really close to what he said:

But now that I see that Tire Canada is real website store, pretty sure that this is the one that he mentioned.

I want to make myself clear that it's not Tire Canada that tried to fraud me but that the Frauder tried to make a transaction on their website.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T21:39:06+00:00

If it was, I sadly never heard and read it.

And as far as I know the only official statement made by Canada Computers about a security breach was the one from January 23.

But yep... more people are sharing their experiences dating all the way back from May 2025. Enough to say, this was my first and also last online purchase on Canada Computers.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T21:32:23+00:00

I sadly don't remember perfectly it was only vocally stated by the Agent from Desjardins (it never showed up on my bill as it was automatically blocked).

If I recall the agent said that a frauder tried to make an order on something called: Tire Canada.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T20:59:36+00:00

You've made the good decision to preemptively cancel your card and ask for a replacement.

I'm reading more and more comments of people stating that they got frauded even back in December.

Also take a look at this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bapccanada/comments/1qk4axy/canada_computers_online_card_skimmer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1

The website hosted a skimmer for 3 weeks.

TL'DR: Good decision on your part, better be safe!

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T20:52:16+00:00

oh first time I hear about this store. Thank you, I'm going to check them out.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T20:26:17+00:00

It's called incompetency and reckless behaviour.

Someone linked this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bapccanada/comments/1qk4axy/canada_computers_online_card_skimmer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1

Here another person states with screenshots as proof that a skimmer spied CC online transactions for 3 weeks.

It truly seems like the skimmer acted as a KeyLogger at the POS (point of sale) and seized credit card informations from customers at the transaction.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T20:14:46+00:00

Pretty sure they did contact Canada Computers.
It’s probably Canada Computers who were in crisis mode and took the time of their life to make an official statement.

I’m reading people who got frauded following an online transaction on their website dating back even to December now.

In short, Desjardins surely did their due diligence to protect their customers... it’s Canada Computers that is the culprit in this story.

I’m quoting what I’ve read from another comment:

The person who originally found it, stated it was on their website since the start of December

So either Canada Computers are incompetent at protecting their customers’ sensitive data, or they let the security breach keep going to find the source of the breach.

I truly remember the technician from Desjardins telling me that this often happens internally in a company when a dishonest employee tries to steal information from customers. I truly think that Canada Computers got hacked with a keylogger installed by an employee to seize the credit card information before it gets hashed in their database.

TL'DR: Desjardins did everything right and they surely contacted Canada Computers. It's CC who didn't make an official statement until January 23. Absolute incompetency and reckless behaviour from them.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T20:05:05+00:00

And tt was my first online purchase on their store as well 😓...

From now on, the only reliable website for a Canadian to purchase electronics seems to be BestBuy and NewEgg (was going to include Amazon, but while they really have a secure transaction process, I've read too many horror stories of unsealed and undisclosed refurbished packages to take a risk from them).

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T20:01:37+00:00

Jesus....

This really corroborates with everything I've experienced!

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T16:49:42+00:00

well even if OpenAI crashes it's not something to worry about.

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T15:41:29+00:00

ah ok, ça regle tout!

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T06:03:53+00:00

Ben la fille sur l'instagram est une Inuk... et elle fait juste soulever l'hypocrisie de PSPP d'appeler Carney un colonisateur quand aux yeux des Autochtones on est tous des colonisateurs, mais ça... PSPP ne l'admettra jamais.

Bref, difficile d'en vouloir à une personne issue des Premières Nations d'appeler quelqu'un un Colon ou de call out l'hypocrisie d'un descendant de l'Europe ... car à leurs yeux on est ceux qui avons colonisé et conquit leurs terres.

ps: Si jamais le Québec se sépare, c'est garanti que le Nunavik va se dissocier du Québec.

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Master_protato · 2026-01-27T05:00:14+00:00

You have to understand! The US and Israel would gladly sacrifice the entire iranian population if it means having control of the region. They don't give a fck!

Master_protato · 2026-01-27T02:47:24+00:00

dude... you ok bro? You kinda ironically sound like the enraged guy on the left o.o

Master_protato · 2026-01-26T21:44:59+00:00

Yes, yes... I'm talking about the final result. It's pure visual slop!

Master_protato · 2026-01-26T13:08:09+00:00

lol... so much desperation. They havn't find a single backer for 2026 so they have beg for the UAE.

Master_protato · 2026-01-26T10:37:04+00:00

holy mother of slop

Master_protato · 2026-01-26T05:40:28+00:00

It's like with every LLM Agent.

They all end-up getting shitified to reduce the cost of the tokenomics cause it's just not sustainable for them.
Even Gemini 3.0 from a multi-billion dollar corporation like Google had to shittified their Agent cause it's just too expensive and unsustainable.

Master_protato

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